just go to the instal dir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Syberia" exampleand ajust the properties run as XP and reduced colour (8 bit 256 colours) and it runsps works for syberia 2 as wel

Not working for me either after trying the "fix" of running in 256 color mode. After launching the Siberia game, all I get is a black screen and then it locks up my machine.I'm have a HP Pavilion g6 running Windows 8.

It ran,( but it took some seconds) and brought up a warning saying that "DirectPlay" was needed to run the game. And it offered me to install it. I installed it and it worked.

I think that maybe the problem is with the configuration that Steam does with the DirectX part, because when I ran the exe's without the "As administrator" box checked it didn't offer me to install that DirectX needed part.

It ran,( but it took some seconds) and brought up a warning saying that "DirectPlay" was needed to run the game. And it offered me to install it. I installed it and it worked.

I think that maybe the problem is with the configuration that Steam does with the DirectX part, because when I ran the exe's without the "As administrator" box checked it didn't offer me to install that DirectX needed part.

I hope this help you.

I did everything you mentioned, still didn't work for me. My screen just goes black and the computer stops responding, then I have to do a hard shutdown. I'm just about ready to abandon Steam and stick with gog.com, frusterating.

I don't know if it will be of any help, but... do you have any firewall / protection software running? I had a similarly looking problem (black screen, no pc response, compatibility settings/color limit did not help) and managed to solve it by disabling Comodo Personal Firewall/Defense+ (closed app altogether, just enabling "game mode" didn't make it). It seems to me that after switching to fullscreen, protection software attempts do display block/allow popup underneath and hangs everything. Also I enabled XP SP3 compatibility on main game file, as well as all other options including run as administrator and disable desktop themes (it seems that resolution limit can be left unchecked for game to start normally). You may hear audio but see nothing, but it should start (it did for me ;) ) - you can then use Ctr+Alt+Del/Esc/Alt+Tab to switch back and forth and menu should appear. Alternatively you may use the player.ini file fix to start it in windowed mode. Win7 64/AMD GPU here. This may or may not work for other protection apps. Hope this can help somebody...

Hey guys, I was having a similar issue and I hope this helps some of you.

I'm currently running a MSi GT70 DominatorPro 2PE with a GeForce GTX880M and Windows 8.1. I went to the local files and adjusted the properties of the Syberia.exe and Game.exe files to the Windows XP SP3 setting and it ran with no issues. I did not adjust the color settings at all. Good luck to anyone still facing this problem!